Jeffreytooker
02-05-2006, 11:28 PM
I went to the gunshow today. I found two good deals and a So-So deal.
The first good deal was a guy who had 300 rds. of Speer 30-30 Win unprimed unfired brass for $9.00. With what I already have that will be a lifetime supply for my 788 30-30. My pardner wants to go over in the west county and hunt feral pigs. I do not think the country is open enough to shoot over about 150 yds. I just might try Cast boolits. The brass has some stains on it so I will clean prep and polish it. Then I will seal it in a hot ammo can. It will be there when I need it. Good winter project next year.
Second good deal was a 50 cal ammo can full of 30-06 brass. Some fired some not. The price was $15.00 including the can which was a good can. Trivia question: How many rounds of 30-06 brass does it take to fill a 50 cal ammo can? I sorted and culled them. There were 578 rounds. 190 REM-UMC, 141 odds, ends and culls, and now the bad part 247 rds of LC-53. I know LC-53 had corrosive primers. So the reason for this post. My plan is to wash the LC brass in strong soap and hot water and oven dry them at about 150 deg. I will then prep and polish them. I believe they should be OK as long as I use them for Cast Boolit loads. Please correct me if I am wrong. The LC-53 is good looking brass and all of the necks are anealed.
Now for the so-so deal. I have been looking for a good 110 Savage. The fellow wanted 250, which was more than I wanted to pay, but it was the best price I have seen in a while. So he got the 250 and I got the rifle. It is a 270, and the trigger is quite good. It does look like he did not clean the barrel the last time he or someone used it. If the barrel is OK well that is good. Now the problem is to figure out which A&B barrels (plural) I need to get for it. So much for the day at the gunshow.
Jeffrey
The first good deal was a guy who had 300 rds. of Speer 30-30 Win unprimed unfired brass for $9.00. With what I already have that will be a lifetime supply for my 788 30-30. My pardner wants to go over in the west county and hunt feral pigs. I do not think the country is open enough to shoot over about 150 yds. I just might try Cast boolits. The brass has some stains on it so I will clean prep and polish it. Then I will seal it in a hot ammo can. It will be there when I need it. Good winter project next year.
Second good deal was a 50 cal ammo can full of 30-06 brass. Some fired some not. The price was $15.00 including the can which was a good can. Trivia question: How many rounds of 30-06 brass does it take to fill a 50 cal ammo can? I sorted and culled them. There were 578 rounds. 190 REM-UMC, 141 odds, ends and culls, and now the bad part 247 rds of LC-53. I know LC-53 had corrosive primers. So the reason for this post. My plan is to wash the LC brass in strong soap and hot water and oven dry them at about 150 deg. I will then prep and polish them. I believe they should be OK as long as I use them for Cast Boolit loads. Please correct me if I am wrong. The LC-53 is good looking brass and all of the necks are anealed.
Now for the so-so deal. I have been looking for a good 110 Savage. The fellow wanted 250, which was more than I wanted to pay, but it was the best price I have seen in a while. So he got the 250 and I got the rifle. It is a 270, and the trigger is quite good. It does look like he did not clean the barrel the last time he or someone used it. If the barrel is OK well that is good. Now the problem is to figure out which A&B barrels (plural) I need to get for it. So much for the day at the gunshow.
Jeffrey